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[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Tibedabeeto:
Android already has scrabble, unfortunately it does not allow you to play with another android phone for multiplayer mode (whack). Waiting on words with friends port to android to play cross platform if that ever happens.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] kpoe:
There has been a few reccent additions to the market you guys might what to check out - WordWise Free and Wordfeud Free. WordWise is VERY buggie(I don't like), but I haven't found any problems Wordfeud Free yet and it as close to Words with Friends as it gets.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] chinkster:
yeah i've been using wordfeud but there are some really questionable words that can be...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] DirtyShroomz:
WordFeud works great for me
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] okcnyyfan:
I'm not holding my breath for "words with friends". The developers don't reply to emails or twitter queries.
[Captivate General] larry996:
http://free-pc-guides.com/news/first-att-samsung-captivate-owners-report-problems-with-gps-02887
[Captivate General] unclejimbo88:
This is such a sensationalist article. There aren't any problems with the GPS. You're supposed to use a GPS outside, and even inside, mine got a signal fine.

This article also says that T-mobile is expected to get the Captivate, which is false. It already has the Vibrant.
[Captivate General] hmose:
What GPS Problem??
[Captivate General] runbuh:
No problems for me, thus far...
[Captivate General] chvybeatsford:
Mine has locked once. After that it refuses and just triangulates using cell towers and accurate within 2600 meters.
[Captivate General] gtg465x:
I'm not sure I would call it a "problem", but the GPS chip in these things is definitely not as good as the GPS chips in most other newly released phones. It could be a software issue, but I doubt it. The Aria would consistently lock onto twice as many satellites as this thing. When driving near large buildings and under bridges I sometimes lose a lock and Google Nav jumps around, which never happens in those same places with the Aria.
[Captivate General] AJerman:
It seems to be working fine for me, but then I saw that someone had posted a fix for it when you dialed into the GPS settings, so I did that, and now.... it's still working fine! :)
[Captivate General] doug_s:
I've recently used both an Evo and an ATT-band Nexus One. I do have to say that the GPS on both of those seemed to acquire signals from satellites much faster than the Captivate, and give a more accurate location. Even standing outside, in the open, this one never appears to lock in on my precise location as well. I realize that's only anecdotal, but I no longer have access to either of the other devices.
[Captivate General] larry996:
Maybe its just mine, but I traveled over 300 miles today using Google Navigation, the phone up in the dash, with a clear view of the sky keep on having issue finding me.

I have an N1 and Aria, neither of these have these issues.
[Captivate General] hmose:
Do the specs indicate which GPS chip is being used? Some are better than others. Is it SirFStar III, IV, or MTK or what? This can certainly make a difference but costs about the same, so why get a cheapo chip? Hope Samsung did not do that.
[Captivate General] haydonxda:
GPS is definitely poor. From watching GPS Test I'd wager it's a firmware issue. No reason to have satellites popping in and out of view in the middle of a field on a clear day...

I've had many GPS units (>10) and the GPS in the phone is the second worst I've ever had. Very flaky. It looks like they also tried to mask the problem by averaging a bunch of the last fixes. I say this because the speed indication trails reality by quite a bit!

And I did try the proposed settings elsewhere but it didn't seem to improve much.

Hopefully they'll get this fixed. It's not the way GPS should be working on a top tier phone.
[Captivate General] AJerman:
Okay, so to change my stance a little, the GPS has been a little off tonight. Locking has been slower than I like, but it has been locking, and I saw it lock to at least 7 satellites earlier so I know it has no issue with handling that many at once.

The bigger annoyance that I'm having now is that my AGPS is off by quite a bit, telling me I'm in the next town over until it gets a full GPS signal. Not only is this annoying, but it also throws off every app that uses the cell data for coarse location, and I wouldn't be surprised if it has an effect on how fast it locks to the actual GPS satellites since it has the wrong location info to start which is the whole point of AGPS.
[Captivate General] madjsp:
I actually did the GPS tweaks found in another thread, and I was navigating around my city. Maps was spot on for 98% of the time. Once or twice it put me about 30 meters away, but that was when i was surrounded by trees or concrete. Overall, I was very VERY impressed with the voice navigation, and the re-routing it did when i drove past a turn!
[Captivate General] gtg465x:
I'm starting to think that the processor and screen on this phone cost so much that Samsung had to cut corners in other areas to keep prices competitive. So far we've seen widespread evidence of crappy chargers (take forever to charge), GPS chips (slow and not very accurate), compasses (all over the place), internal memory (slow memory is causing the stalling issue / lag), and lack of camera flash. Hopefully not all of those are hardware issues and some can be fixed with software, but I'm just saying, they might have cut some corners to keep this thing reasonably priced. Personally, I would have rather paid $100 more to have the best phone ever made hands down. Oh Samsung.
[Captivate General] Clienterror:
I got it to lock like one time outside. Then I found this http://androidforums.com/samsung-captivate/128026-everyone-who-having-gps-problems.html and now it locks on inside my house. And this is actually GPS I'm talking about not wifi/cell tower triangulation. Hope it helps some of you.
[Captivate General] sumsimpleracer:
I picked mine up the 19th in the burbs of Chicago. Drove up to Milwaukee with it the same day and did a side by side comparison with my Garmin GPS after my friend sent me the article.

Besides 2 minor hiccups, they worked very similar.

*the first hiccup shouldn't even be credited as a hiccup because it was an alternate route, I knew from experience it was slower but my Garmin and my Magellan of past never recognized it as the faster route.

*the second hiccup was when I was driving down 294 to merge into 94. Both had about the same instruction but out of nowhere my captivate's nav system said to take a left into a random road. It "recalculated" after a quick flicker and went back on course with my Garmin.

Recently I noticed there was an update for the Maps application which gave me "Navigation" and after installing it, I prefer my phone to my Garmin because:

1. It now gives you a picture of the destination in "street view" which you can touch and scroll around when you've arrived or pretty much arrived.

2. It shows traffic (green is good, red is bad)

3. I'm not sure if this was before the update but you can scroll through the map using the touch screen rather than just zooming in and out.

I'll do a few more runs driving between Milwaukee and the Chicago burbs before I completely set aside one or the other, but my experience has definitely met my expectations of a GPS
[Captivate General] hmose:
Why not download GPS NMEA MONITOR App and watch the data sentences. If they keep coming then it is a software problem, not the GPS Chipset. If those data sentences are stopped, then you got a hardware chipset reception problem. Try getting a clear view of the sky.
[Captivate General] JacenSolo2001:
Zero GPS issues here, faster then backflip, tilt, & tilt2 for me. Grabs and maintains connection just fine.
[Droid X General] paulsg63:
Will I get used to the keyboard on the screen??? I purchased an X yesterday, but wont receive it until 7/27... so they say.

So I went to the Verizon store to try it out... I had heard that the keyboard screen was easy to use... hmmm..

Not sure if its just me... but not one word did I type without errors... couldn't hit the keys right.

I hope some of you that are using the X now... will confirm that I should get used to it...

Please share...

THANKS!
[Droid X General] TheFuzz:
I came from an iphone and now use swype! Switch to it under settings and you will never go back. Its truly a great innovation! Just b a bit patient and u will learn to love it!
[Droid X General] exempli_gratia:
I switched from front- facing keyboard, and I it took some getting used to. Mainly I kept over-reaching the keys. It got better pretty quickly. Ultimately hard keys will always be better, but modern virtual keyboards, like on the DX's, make the trade-off for more screen space worth while.

You may also want to consider the voice-to-text input available on Android. I tend to just use the keyboards, but it's good to have the option.
[Droid X General] ussj4brolli:
download and install the high res HTC_IME keyboard, it will be just like the eris keyboard, and can change from the qwerty to the regular one. Requires no hacking :) Works perfect for me! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=624416
[Vibrant General] mustang_52:
I notice when you take a picture they're is no option to share it with facebook. Am I missing something or is there another way to post pictures on there with out having to download thefacebook app.
[Vibrant General] jaker.the.skater:
if you download the facebook app from the market then you will have the option to post to facebook.

sent from my samsung vibrant
[Vibrant General] voghan:
You can upload pictures to facebook using the share option in the menu. Open the gallery app and click menu, share, then pick facebook.
[Vibrant General] jaker.the.skater:
yeah but you have to have the facebook app

sent from my samsung vibrant
[Vibrant General] Disconn3ct:
FWIW I use pixelpipe to post to facebook etc. (the free one)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] crankygeek:
Okay so I was browsing around CM6 RC1 today and decided I might try the ClockworkMod Recovery image. I did not know CM has this memory corruption issue at the time. So now my recovery is corrupted. I can boot into the ROM fine, and I believe the solution is to go into fastboot and somehow replace the recovery, SPL or both, but I cannot find an definitive answer online.

I am on a

T-Mobile MyTouch 3G 32B (no 3.5mm)

SAPPHIRE PVT 32B SHIP S-ON G

HBOOT-1.33.0006 SAPP30000

CPLID-10

RADIO-2.22.23.02

May 27 2009, 19:06:41
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] crankygeek:
UPDATE:

The answer was to flash a SAPPIMG from fastboot (since I had perfected SPL)

I used Amon_RA's excellent guide here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=548218

other than creating that shiny goldcard the process was very simple.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Binary100100:
sometimes you have to try more than once. for some reason the first time doesn't always take... but it should on the second attempt.

known issue.
[HD2 Accessories] htc fan89:
hey guys,

I'm thinking of buying an zagg full body protection, but is it better for the phone? I mean would it make my hd2 sticky when I take it off?
[HD2 Accessories] muchelaguito:
I only have the screen protector. It's worth for the screen, as it is really good, and it won't leave any stickiness behind if you have to pull it. If you have already the rubber cover, you don't need the full body cover. I also heard that the full body Zagg is not very well cut, and it may have some defects... But the screen cover is just great.
[HD2 Accessories] Phenomenon:
I have the full body. It's really gonna be up to you on how you usually treat and use the device. No, it never leaves any sticky stuff behind. At least not after you leave it on for a while and peel it off. Personally I found it useful and it did its job. I then got the carkit for it and since the carkit gets a extra snug hold on it then it would pull the skin off it at the areas where it holds it from. If you AT ALL plan on putting the device into another case, armband, holder, etc then DO NOT get the full body kit. It'll get pulled off at the edges and you'll find yourself just pulling the whole thing off afterwords.
[HD2 Accessories] htc fan89:
Thanks guys, for taking your time to reply.
[General Questions and Answers] agentpower:
How? !

I need to export facebook contacts to my phone, or my gmail. Help.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sablesurfer:
I have found a HTC email apk but the graphics show it is not what I see on my evo. So I assume it is different. If anyone has the Evo Sense email...can I get a copy?

(Hoping it is OK to ask for that as I see requests for other apk's.)

Thanks

(I cannot root at this time as I am waiting on an exchange phone.)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] JustSomeGeek:
Hi Folks,

My 7500 is running the AP Redux ROM.

I went to enter my pin to unlock the device and was greeted with the message that the device would be wiped if i got it wrong after the first attempt (weird!).

So i was putting in my pin when the car braked and, wrong pin, dev wiped. :-/

After restart, not only was all my stuff gone, but the MicroDrive now no longer exists. Tried re-flashing the (same) ROM, but still no joy.

It doesn't show up using the PC or using any device info or file explorers.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] hdbueller:
Do you have a "Format Microdrive" icon in start>settings>system ? If so, did you try to reformat the drive yet? As you have probably already lost your stuff from the drive, it may restore it after the format. This is an old fix that I found with the "search" function..... :)

BTW, I had to do it a while back after a bad flash, and it did work for me.

Later...............
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] JustSomeGeek:
No, i don't have that. I looked through all the posts too but couldn't see anything relevant. I'm presuming it is just some security setting/glitch as it disappeared when the wrong PIN was entered. I'm hoping it might re-appear when i get back home and reconnect it to the server/domain.

Really annoying as i just got the GPS working properly.

Thanks anyway!
[Captivate General] NamelessGRL:
Yesterday i got the Samsung Captivate, i used to have the iphone 3g.. so im completly new to this android thing. I have this basic/noob questions. How to upload my music files to my captivate? BTW, i only received a quickstart manual so its not useful at all.

I have windows 7 so when i tried to connect my phone to the computer via USB it says " Device driver software was not succesfully installed". So i cant see the device connected to the computer in order to paste my music files in there, but at least my captivate says its charging and stays locked, theres nothing i can do to my phone while its connected.

Is there any driver i need to install? cause i didnt receive any cd driver when i purchased my phone.

Ill apreciate if u guys help me plz.
[Captivate General] PersonOfKnownOrigin:
Start with this for drivers:

http://androidforums.com/samsung-captivate/123644-captivate-usb-drivers-links-here.html

And look through this if you have problems:

http://androidforums.com/samsung-captivate/124548-windows-cant-find-captivate.html

[edit]

Oh, and as far as I know there's no "iTunes" for Android so try this:

http://www.simplehelp.net/2009/07/29/how-to-copy-music-to-your-android-phone-from-windows/
[Captivate General] NamelessGRL:
thx!!!:D it helped a lot. Was more complicated than what i thought. Wasnt just download the driver but go to some options on my cell phone, pick usb mass storage the mount option n stuff like that but finally worked! xD

I might come up with some more questions tho.. till then!
[Captivate General] soul4rent:
i've heard a lot of people talk about double twist.

http://www.doubletwist.com/dt/Home/Index.dt
[Captivate General] nbohmer:
Id defineatly recommend double twist. Its really easy to use and I love that I can drag and drop videos into it and it will automatically convert it to the correct file type no matter what phone im using.

Also syncing play lists is really easy
[Captivate General] DirtyRasa:
Samsung has an app called Kies. For some reason it's hidden from the US however I was assured that downloading it from here: http://www.samsung.com/ae/consumer/...XSG/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail&tab=support

Will work just the same.
[Captivate General] NamelessGRL:
I downloaded kies as u said but its not working with my captivate for some reason. Says "Reconnect the device on Samsung Kies(PC Studio) mode. Kies doesn't support this connect mode" :confused:
[Captivate General] cropythy:
Don't mess with kies, just use drag and drop for simplicity.
[Captivate General] okmft:
Drag and drop is always easy, but Kies isn't bad for media management (also enables tethering if you select it under Settings->Applications->USB Settings) - you can find it here: http://www.all-samsungphones.com/samsung-wave-s8500-software-kiespc-sync-download.html/
[Captivate General] madjsp:
I use Double Twist for my mac (just make sure for windows you have the drivers, you have the USB debugging active, and then you mount the drive) but i loved it. it transfered very easily. I was actually able to port over my itunes play lists and copy my old iphone playlist to my phone.
[Captivate General] jasonlivesit:
Ok, so i got my captivate and doubletwist on my mac and for the life of me my playlists in itunes will not show up on the phone. Only the songs show up is there a way to get the playlists in itunes to show up on the phone?
[Captivate General] madjsp:
the playlists are in my phone. it is an m3u file, right?

other than that, i have no clue. I really don't have a use for play lists, I only put what songs I want in my playlist and sync it.
[Captivate General] jasonlivesit:
yes they are set as m3u and ive placed them in several locations on the phones memory but they will not show up on the phone its self only way i can get a playlist on there is to create one from the phone and thats kinda lame
[Droid Incredible General] ncwildcat:
Has anybody been able to get adfree to work on the inc? It reboots every time I try to use it
[Droid Incredible General] Refot_Sirk:
I found this guide at android forums very helpful.

http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-incredible/107783-how-get-adfree-android-working-htc-incredible.html
[Droid Incredible General] KB Smoka:
Search a little bit homie.....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=709173&highlight=adfree
[Droid Incredible General] htc_woe_is_me:
It's supposed to reboot.

Does anyone know if you need to go into adb and execute those commands each time adfree updates?

Sent from my rooted Incredible
[Droid Incredible General] djkms:
I used the guide from android forums and have updated once so far, everything seems to work...
[Droid Incredible General] htc_woe_is_me:
I set it up initially as was directed in the thread and it blocked ads for a few minutes but then lo and behold ads started to pop up. I opened up adfree and updated again and haven't seen an ad since. I did not have to do anything besides updating directly on the app. It didn't even reboot this time either.

Thank you, adfree!

Sent from my rooted Incredible
[Droid Incredible General] KB Smoka:
You don't...
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] atantekeier:
Ok, im not sure how this would be categorized but Ill describe it and maybe someone can make it, im not a dev so I can't.

Individual wallpapers for each home screen, like for the standard android interface there are 3 home screens, and when you swipe to the next one the wallpaper just moves a little bit depending on which way you swiped.

What Im thinking of is when you swipe to the next home screen the wallpaper changes. Fades in degrees as the home screen is changing to the next slide, so if you swipe slowly it fades as slowly as you are swiping.

I think it would be more of an addon for a home replacement, but im not sure how possible this would be or if even at all. So if someone knows about this stuff let me know. Or if something like this already exists please let me know as well.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] cd993:
just performed a quick google search and discovered this app listed on another forum site:

http://www.sweeterhome.com/

Called Sweeter Home and should be able to use it to achieve what your wanting!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] atantekeier:
Ill have to try it out and mess with it for a while, I remember I used sweeterhome a long time ago when the first one was in beta. Was kinda slow maybe they made it faster.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] majik12:
Was wondering if there was a GPS app that allows you to basically plan a route with multiple stops? For example, say my girlfriend wants to go to a bunch of garage sales spread all over the city. Or say I have some items that need to be delivered to various locations through out the city. I want to be able to simply add each address into the app and then have it guide me to each based on location nearest me, then once I've arrived at a location it then guides me to the next stop on the route. I've only really tried google navigator and know it's not a feature of that app as of yet. Anyone know of any that do this, paid or free? Any help appreciated. Thanks.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] TechGuru_x10:
Technical term: Multi Destination Routing.... You can go for CoPilot, CoPilot also has several features such as fuel prices and multi-destination routing. You can save maps....

. CoPilot’s software works on maps that are downloaded to the SD card on the phone. The larger storage of a SD card allows you to fit the maps for all of North America on the phone. CoPilot also has a nice interface that is easy to use while driving. If you are used to a conventional GPS system like a Garmin, CoPilot is the closest you will come in terms on interface. I also prefer the voice alerts much better on CoPilot than on Google Maps. Copilot does everything you need in a GPS app, even thought it may not include some of the fancier features like Street View.

Pros:

Maps stored on SD card

Live features such as weather, traffic and fuel prices

Most driver rriendly UI

Supports multi-destination routing

Cons:

Price, the app costs $29.99 USD but is only a one time fee

Requires an SD card with at least 2GB of free space
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] majik12:
Thanks for the suggestion, that does seem a little pricey but sounds like it's pretty much a full featured GPS and would be worth the money. I'll look into it! Thanks again!! :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] TechGuru_x10:
I was only able to find this with the feature.....
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] ksquared_au:
yep...+1 for Copilot....fantastic
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] k1sr:
sygic as well (my personal fave) - here multiple stops is called an itinerary
[Captivate General] BA_Flash_GOD:
I noticed there isn't an option like on the HTC devices that let you choose WIFI ONLY or MOBILE + WIFI. It appears they took that out completely on the Samsung Roms? Is there anyway to disable DATA all the time? I'm in a wifi access point 24/7 literally. Sorry folks, only thing im curious about.
[Captivate General] bowtieguy:
I would like to know also. None of the apps I have tried have worked yet.
[Captivate General] EugeneR:
Did you try to remove AT&T APN in Settings? It will not be able to connect to 3G without APN.

If you do not want to lose your APN nsettings, create new one, dummy, without any real data inside, and make it default one. Same results.

Another thought, if you have your Wi-Fi turned on all the time, your 3G connection should be switched down automatically. At least it works like this on N1. I am just thinking of bying Captivate, if it will have good custom ROM with Froyo, not taking it with all AT&T bloatware on board and Android 2.1
[Captivate General] tonysunshine:
in the market check out the apps APNdroid and quick settings. Both have toggles for data connection
[Captivate General] thaevl:
You can also put it in airplane mode and them just turn wifi on.
[Captivate General] BA_Flash_GOD:
Thanks dude I picked that up works Great on Captivate. I'd rather use something like that than enabling wifi 24/7 to eat more battery etc.